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Raptor Wednesday and Gratitude
A new year of Backyard and Beyond is nothing without you, dear readers. And photo-viewers (I know some of you don’t bother with the words)! Male American Kestrel on the lookout. And on the… Zorkanian death ray? Actually, it’s an antenna on a MTA building. Relic TV antennas still dot the rooftops here. I can…
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The Distance That Bounds the Ordinary Range of Vision
I note the presence of what I call #DailyRaptor on Twitter with as much frequency as I spot raptors out the windows, which is actually quite a lot. Tweets are usually off-the-cuff, and so recently I wrote that a Cooper’s “came into the ken,” followed by one of the local American Kestrel pair, who then…
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Crabs
Atlantic Blue. Atlantic Rock. Lady. Lady in situ. Portly Spider (with barnacles, which are also crustaceans). Atlantic Sand. Note that little spur above the back paddle. All seen at Jones Beach recently. The invasive Asian Shore Crab, spotted at Dead Horse Bay.
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Brantlings
I was crouching down at Brant-height when the whole company of them were spooked by something. Their runway was in my direction. They took off not far above my head. One of the last to pass above dropped a very compact and intensely green turd, which bounced off my hat and landed in the grass.…
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Creature Comforts
Common Raven with grassy clump. Doubtlessly to line a nest with. On Twitter, I saw some photos from the Bronx, I think, that showed a Raven with a similar bill-full. Remember, the week before, these Brooklyn birds were carrying sticks.
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Sullivan Street
South of Washington Square Park in Manhattan, a newish building sports these delightful fossils in its sidewalk-level facade. Smile at the security cameras, or salute them with a single digit, and enjoy! *** Trump’s klownish klepto-kakistocracy tackles COVID-19: fundamentalist bigot/anti-science idiot Mike Pence, who as Governor of Indiana caused an epidemic by his ignorance and…
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Breaking: Willow Wednesday
This old weeping Salix isn’t waiting for spring, it is spring. While overhead, him Kingfisher keeps a chattery eye on the Dell Water.
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